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Our Rotary District 6080 Partnership with Wonderland Camp is expanding to include “Rotary Kids Week At Wonderland Camp”. Kids with disabilities, ages 7-17 will be sponsored by Rotarians, Rotary Clubs and private donors, to attend Camp “free of charge”. Sponsorships can include: full at $1,000.00, or partial with any amount appreciated. Specific kids can be named, sponsored and registered or sponsorship can be for any qualified kid to attend. Contact the coordinators to learn more about “Rotary Kids Week” and other opportunities of service to benefit people, especially kids, with mental and physical challenges.

The Rotary Club of Springfield is so proud of our member and District 6080 Governor-elect Paul Reinert & Carol Reinert for their contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Their generosity has led them to achieve Major Donor status, level 2. Thank you for making a difference through the Rotary Foundation and your leadership!

The Dream Center is a community resource center in northwest Springfield, an area of the highest poverty and greatest need of assistance. Resources include a food pantry, clothes closet, a free after-school program for area children, high school equivalency classes to assist those attempting to get their GED, a community dinner every Wednesday evening, a host site for the local Circles Program that teaches financial literacy classes and provides mentors for the families, and parenting classes, to only mention a few. The Rotary Club of Springfield North has partnered with the Dream Center on several projects to enhance the delivery of those services to the community. The most recent project was to provide much-needed video equipment for the Circles education center. Prior to this project, they did not have the equipment needed to show financial educational videos as part of their financial education classes. The equipment provided was a 65-inch “smart” television, a laptop computer, a Blu-ray DVD player, an Apple TV that allows wireless connection between the laptop and television, a sound bar to enhance the audio, two dry-erase boards, a wireless mouse, pointer, and all the required cables. Only time will tell the number of individuals and families whose lives will be improved through the enhanced educational opportunities provided by this equipment. A portion of the funding for this project came from a District Simplified Grant from Rotary District 6080 with matching funds from the Rotary North Club. This is just one project out of several dozen Rotary projects to improve lives throughout … Read More

Peace Disease Prevention Water & Sanitation Maternal & Child Health Literacy Economic Development If you wish to make your donation online at Rotary.org, please inform David Bixler of the donation to obtain your point match. Susan Haralson, District Governor

The Annual District Golf Tournament will be held at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Joplin, MO. Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. and the tournament will begin at 12:30 p.m. Registration is available in DACdb The First District Clay Shooting Tournament will be held at Claythorne Lodge in Columbus, KS. Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. and the tournament will begin at 12:30 p.m. Registration fee is $55 per person (lunch included) and Hole Sponsorships are available for $300 per hole. Registration is available in DACdb The Downstream Spa has offered attendees of the District Conference a 20% off discount card. Due to the high demand, if you intend on making an appointment at the Spa, please do so as soon as possible to ensure that you are able to enjoy a relaxing day at the spa. Registration is available in DACdb

Steve Crowell. President, Rotary Club of Jefferson City; Larry Linthacum; Superintendent of Schools, Jefferson City and member of the Rotary Club of Jefferson City; Carrie Tergin, Mayor of the City of Jefferson and member of the Jefferson City Breakfast Rotary Club; Jana Forck, 2018 Jefferson City Public Schools Eisinger Teacher of the Year; and Steve Newman a Past President of the Rotary Club of Jefferson City who provided the invocation. Mayor Carrie Tergin welcomed the attendees to the New Teachers Welcome Luncheon. Jefferson City Public Schools Superintendent Larry Linthacum introduced the new teachers. 2018-19 Teacher of the Year, Jana Forck, spoke to the attendees about her experiences as a teacher and offered some practical advice to the new teachers. Ms. Forck’s comments were uplifting and inspiring. One quote Ms. Forck shared was “The benefit to losing is you get to learn from your mistakes.” Rotary Club of Jefferson City members Alice Bartlett, Christine Ellinger; Julie Allen and 6080 Assistant District Governor Pat Hiatte worked on the event. The greeters at the New Teachers Welcome Luncheon were Rotary Club of Jefferson City members Nick Monaco and Paul Jungmeyer. The Rotary Club Local Foundation, Pam Henrickson, President, provided financial sponsorship of the event. Brown Printing contributed the printing of the program. The New Teachers Welcome Luncheon sponsored by the Rotary Club of Jefferson City and the Rotary Club Local Foundation appeared in a local newspaper, the News Tribune, in Jefferson City Missouri.

I hope that your club is working to win the Rotary Presidential Citation. Rotary President Ian Riseley is asking all clubs to strive to achieve it. I have contended that the Rotary Citation is easier to achieve than any citation presented during the past five years. I believe also that it presents a more level playing field for small, medium-size, and large clubs than recent Presidential Citations.

City of Jefferson Mayor Carrie Tergin, a member of Jefferson City Breakfast Rotary, presents a proclamation from the City of Jefferson to Rotarians in recognition of Jefferson City Rotary’s “100 Years of Service” to the community and internationally. The Rotary Club of Jefferson City was chartered June 1, 1918. Left to right are, front row, City of Jefferson Mayor Carrie Tergin, Pat Rowe Kerr and John Klob; second row, Nick Monaco, Frank Rycyk and Ken Hussey; back row, Cary Gampher, Ron Fitzwater, Steve Newman and Steve Crowell.

We are regularly reminded to enhance the public image of Rotary through the use of electronic media, print media, and social media. One less-considered way to raise awareness about Rotary is through special Rotary license plates for cars and motorcycles.

On February 23 Rotary will celebrate its 113th birthday. I encourage your Rotary club to celebrate this month and to further inform your community of the life and impact of Rotary. February 2018 Rotary District 6080 Foundation Newsletter Yours in Rotary Service, Raymond E. Plue